• Grand-prix at the St Petersburg
All-Russian Open Opera Singers’ Competition (2007) • Grand-prix at
the I International Pavel Lisitsian Baritones’ Competition (2008) •
Recipient of the 1st prize at the II
International Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singers’ Competition (2008) •
Recipient of the 2nd prize at the International
Young Opera Singers’ Competition in Spain (2009) • Recipient
of the 1st prize at the VII International
Elena Obraztsova Young Opera Singers’ Competition (2009) • Recipient
of the 3rd prize at the International
Francesc Viñas Competition (Barcelona, 2011) • Grand-prix at
the Monte Carlo Voice Masters International Vocalists’ Competition
(Monaco, 2011) • Recipient of the 1st prize
at the Competizione dell’opera international opera
competition (Germany, Moscow, 2011) • Recipient
of the 3rd prize at the XX Operalia
International Competition (Beijing, 2012) • Recipient
of the 2nd prize at the Hans Gabor Belvedere
International Singers’ Competition (Amsterdam, 2013)

Studied at the Novosibirsk Glinka Conservatoire (2003–2005, class
of Vladimir Prudnik, Honoured Artist of Russia) before transferring,
in 2005, to the St Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire from which
he graduated in 2008 (class of Vladimir Vaneyev, People’s Artist
of Russia). In 2009 he trained on the Young Opera Singers programme at
the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome, Italy).

Soloist at St Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Theatre from 2006-2011. Soloist
with the Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet since 2009.

Roman Burdenko has appeared as a guest soloist at theatres throughout Europe
and the USA. Roles he has performed include Ford in Falstaff
at the Glyndebourne Festival (UK, 2013), Marcello in La
Bohème (Komishe Oper Berlin, 2013), the Conte di Luna
in Il trovatore (Kansas, USA, 2012), Enrico in Lucia
di Lammermoor (Palm Beach, USA, and Valladolid, Spain, 2012), Paolo Albiani
in Simon Boccanegra (Strasbourg, France, 2010 and Santiago de
Chile, 2011) and Tonio in I pagliacci and Alfio
in Cavalleria rusticana (Santiago de Chile, 2010).

For the role of Prince Igor he was nominated for Russia’s
national Golden Mask theatre award in the category “Best Male
Role in Opera” (Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet, 2010). Took
part in a tour by the Novosibirsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet,
performing the title role in the opera Prince Igor
(Seoul Center for Culture, South Korea) and as Escamillo in Carmen
(Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand).